Applicator for liquid wax



July 1, 1952 J MALLARD 2,601,689

APPLICATOR FOR LIQUID WAX Filed June 2, 1950 I lIWIIIIIIIIIIII"IIIIIIIII; .I'l A JAMES N. MALLARD ATTORNEY Patented July 1, 1952 APPLICATOR FOR LIQUID WAX James N. Mallard, North Little Rock, Ark., as-

signor of one-half to Norman W. Day, North Little Rock. Ark.

Application June 2, 1950, Serial No. 165,653

3 Claims. (01. 15-138) This invention relates to an applicator for liquid wax and has for its primary object to facilitate the application of liquid wax to floors and the like.

Another object is to enable the user easily and quickly to govern the amount of liquid wax to be applied without requiring interruption of the use of the applicator.

A still further object is to facilitate the removal and replacement of the napped fabric and cushioning element of the waxer as such elements become worn and unfit for use.

The above and other objects may be attained by employing this invention which embodies among'its features a hollow head having a porous pad forming the bottom thereof, a socket member carried by the head and extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom and having an internally screw threaded socket extending thereinto from the end thereof remote from the head and an eccentrically offset bore extending thereinto from the end thereof adjacent the head, said bore establishing communication between the socket and the interior of the head, a reservoir for liquid wax, an externally screw threaded nipple carried by the reservoir for threadedly enterme the socket, said nipple having an axial opening extending therethrough, and a gasket in the socket and seated against the bottom thereof for interrupting communication between the socket and the opening in the nipple so that by rotating the reservoir the flow of liquid wax from the interior thereof into the head may be completely interrupted or regulated according to the desires of the user.

Other features include a shallow tray for receiving a supply of liquid wax, said tray having spaced longitudinal rows of liquid distributin openings therein, a sponge rubber pad on the under side of the bottom of the said tray and having openings therein which register with those in the bottom of the tray, and a covering of napped fabric extending across the face of the pad remote from the tray and having opposite side edges fixed to opposite sides of the tray.

In the drawings:

Figure l is an enlarged side view of a wax applicator embodying the features of this invention,.portions.thereof being broken away more clearly to illustrate certain details of construction,

Figure 2 is a front view of the applicator illustrated in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the tray showing the cushioning and the fabric pads in detail.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a head designated generally l0 comprises a body of sheet metal which is bent .into substantially V shape in cross section to provide opposed inclined supporting walls I2and I4. The bottom edges of the walls are provided with depending-flanges Hi and [8 respectively which frictionally engage the liquid holding and distributing tray designated generally 20 to be more fully hereinafter described. Formed in the back wall i4 substantially midway between opposite ends thereof is an opening 22 in which a cylindrical socket member 24 is fixed at one end in any suitable manner as by riveting. This socket member extends upwardly and outwardly from the back wall l4 of the head 10 and formed in the end of the socket member remote from the head I0 is a screw threaded socket 26. An opening 28 extends inwardly through the end of the socket member 24 adjacent the head I0 and communicates with the screw threaded socket 26, and this opening 28 is eccentrically offset relative to the axis of the socket 26 as will be readily understood upon reference to Figure l.

A reservoir designated generally 28 comprises an elongated tubular handle 30 into one end of which is fitted an end portion of an externally screw threaded nipple 32, the threads of which match the threads in the socket 26 so that when the nipple is entered into the socket 26 and rotated, the handle 30 may be advanced or retracted relative to the head I0, and the inner end 34 of the nipple 32 will be advancedaor retracted relative to a gasket 36 which is seated against the bottom of the socket 26. It will thus be seen that the flow of liquidfrom the interior of the handle 28 into the head l0 may be governed by rotation of the handle.

A substantial portion of the free end of the nipple is housed within and spaced from the lower open end of the tubular handle 30 whereby a portion of the handle forms a skirt ZBawhich, when the nipple is threaded into the socket 26, encloses and rotates around the outer end of the socket member 24 as illustrated in Figure 1. Thus the threaded part of the nipple is covered at all times during rotary manipulation of the handle and the skirt, due to its close lit around the outer end of the socket member 24 provides a bearing which facilitates the smooth inward and outward movement of the threaded. nipple in the socket.

The applicator distributing tray 20 previously saturate the fabric covering 46'.

referred to comprises a bottom 38 carrying at opposite ends upstanding flanges 40, and along opposite side edges upstanding flanges 42, the upper edges of which are extended beyond the upper edges of the flanges 40 and turned outwardly and downwardly as illustrated to form clamping flanges 44 by which the fabric cover 46 of the applicator is held in place. As illustrated the bottom 38 of the tray is formed with spaced rows of longitudinally spaced openings 48, and secured in any suitable manner as by the use of a proper adhesive to the side of the bottom 38 opposite that from which the flanges and 42 project is a cushion of sponge rubber or the like. This cushion 50 is provided at spaced intervals with openings 52 which register with the openings 48 so as to permit liquid wax contained in the tray 20 to flow downwardly and saturate the fabric covering 46. As illustrated opposite side edges 54 of the covering 46 extend upwardly around opposite side edges of the pad or cushion 50 and are clamped in place between the flanges 42 and 44.

In use the tubular handle 30 constituting a reservoir 28 receives the liquid L to be distributed and the end of the handle remote from the nipple 32 is closed in any suitable manner as by a rubber cap 56. It will be understood that preparatory to introducing the liquid into the handle 30, the handle is turned to cause the end 34 ofthe nipple 32 to engage the gasket 36 and prevent flow of the liquid into the head I0. Upon rotating the handle 30 about its longitudinal axis in one direction it 'will be evident that the end or seat 34 of the nipple 32 may be moved away from the gasket 36 thus permitting liquid L from the interior of the handle to flow through the opening 28 into the tray 20, and to be distributed thereby through the openings 48 and 52 so as to By the simple rotation of the handle or reservoir 28 it will be evident that the flow of liquid from the interior thereof into the head 10 is under the direct and exa'ct control of the user, and the amount of wax applied may be instantaneously regulated ac cording to the requirements without interrupting the waxing operation.

' While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred form of this invention,'it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed. 7

I claim:

1. An applicator for liquid wax' comprising a hollow head having front and back walls and a porous pad forming the bottom thereof, a socket -member carried by the back wall of the head and extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom, said socket member having an internally screw threaded socket extending thereinto from the end thereof remote from the head and an eccentrically offset bore extending thereinto from the end thereof adjacent the head for establishing communication between the socket and the interior of the head, a reservoir for liquid wax, an externally screw threaded nipple carried by the reservoir for threadedly entering the socket, said nipple having an axial opening extending therethrough and opening into the reservoir, and a gasket in the form of a disk in the socket and seated against the bottom thereof, the inner end of said nipple bearing against said disk for interrupting communication between the socket and the opening in the nipple whereby the flow of liquid from the reservoir to the head may be controlled.

' 2. An applicator for liquid wax, comprising a shallow tray having upstanding edge flanges, two opposite ones of said flanges having downturned edge portions forming downwardly directed clamping channels, said tray having liquid distribution openings therethrough, a sponge rubber paduponthe underside of the tray and having openings extending therethrough and aligning withtthe' tray openings, a cloth covering the underside of said pad and having opposite edge portions extending up across the edges of the pad and secured in said clamping channels, a hollow head overlying the tray'and having bottom edge flanges frictionally secured between opposite tray flanges, a handle attached to the head, and means for introducing liquid wax into the tray through said head.

3. An applicator 'forliquid wax, comprising a wax spreader including a pad and a tray member overlying the same and having openingsfor feeding liquid wax therefrom to the pad, a hollow head overlying and joined to the tray, the head having upwardly converging front and back walls, the back wall having an opening therethrough, a socket member having one end secured in said opening, the opposite end portion of the socket memberbeing cylindrical and having a threaded socket' formed longitudinally therein and an eccentrically offset bore extending from the bottom of the socket through the opposite end of the socket member into said'headyan elongate tubular handle forming a reservoir for liquid wax, a tubular nipple disposed with its major portion within an open end of thehandle and secured at its inner end to the'handle, the major partof theleng'th'of then'ipple being externally screw threaded and spaced from the surrounding partof'the handle whereby said surrounding part forms a skirt, said threaded, portion of the nipple'being threaded into said socket and said skirt snugly encircling the said cylindrical portion ofthe socket'member, and a gasket disk in the socket and seated against the bottom there- .of to be engaged by the adjacent end of said nipple for shutting off the passage of wax from the nipple to said bore.

JAMES MALLARD. REFERENCES TCITED,

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